- Date
- January 5, 1978
- Place
- Cape Charles, VA · CAPE CHARLES, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1502XPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780105001139A
- Case key
- 143605
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0048 78/1/5 NR.CAPE CHARLES,VA PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N1502X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH,NC MOUNT HOLLY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- LAST RADIO & RADAR CONTACT AT 2251EST.PARTS OF ACFT RCVD BY CG.INJ INDEX & DAMAGE PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1502X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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